This was our first time in a giant river! Once we arrived in the Amazon Basin, everything changed dramatically.
We sailed overnight from the sand dunes of Ilha Lençois, then up the river into a tropical rainforest…
We went 50 nautical miles up the river = 8hours at 6 knots… it’s a loooong way! We couldn’t even see the other side of the river, it’s immense.
It’s our first time seeing rain clouds and dense forest in a month… The sand dunes and dry sunny conditions of northern Brazil are now behind and we’re officially in the rainforest Equatorial region. It’s super tricky, but we manage to time the currents to arrive before sunset at the dock in the periphery of Belem.
Checking out of the country was challenging because we had received a non-standard extension of time, while we were in Fernando de Noronha. But the Belem officials were gracious and everything worked out.
On our way out, we couldn’t time the currents, so we stopped overnight in the river village of Soure, which turned out to be a highlight, with water buffalos, bike riding, ceramics, and river estuaries. Then we sailed 3 days to French Guyana.
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Photos from Belem, the gateway to the Amazon, north Brazil:
Photos from Soure, ilha Marajó, near Belém:
Up next: we explore Ile Salut in French Guyana then sail onwards to Trinidad — our first stop in the Caribbean.
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